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God of War (2018) has sold over 10 million copies worldwide
- Thread starter Toumari
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Yeah, when PS4 came out I was more hopeful that Steam Machines would be a viable thing and I could do most of my "console" gaming on a livingroom PC. But with so many iconic exclusives and 3rd party focus, buying a PS4 was just the cost of "gaming". I.e. if you want to be in touch with modern games, you have to own a Playstation.
It seems even more true going into the PS5 era.
No.
Psn makes money hand over fist. Just psn alone in 2018 made more than the ENTIRETY of Nintendo in 2018.
Not denying that, and not implying Sony should get out of the hardware business. But I do wonder if the strategic value of exclusives is less important than the sales potential of their games. If God of War would be a 20-30M seller as a multiplat. Maybe Playstation is in a strong enough it doesn't need exclusives.
Also, and maybe more urgently, if cloud gaming is going to eventually supplant local hardware, are SIE games strong enough that Sony would continue producing AAA (i'd argue AAAA) games without the corporate synergy factor.
Not when their hardware is doing 100M+.
Both will be pushed as much as possible.
Same question could be applied to Nintendo then no? why keep pokemon, Mario and Zelda exclusive to switch when they could sell a ton more going multiplatform?
I think stuff like PS Now will be used to leverage bases outside of PS hardware. That is why streaming is becoming so important.
The PC folk, for example, who wouldn't have otherwise put money toward first party will provide revenue through PS Now. It wouldn't be going directly toward something like God of War but it adds to the pot either way.
I also think the big picture is for people to invest in the PS ecosystem more than any single game total sales.
In the case of Nintendo, I'm even more convinced they should be publishing on all platforms. Nintendo voluntarily opted-out of leading the industry a long time ago. They've still had major profit success, so good for them. But as a gamer, I find their hardware/os/network to be a major impediment to enjoying their often-great games.
And even they seem to be dipping their toes in a more platform-agnostic approach since the phenomenon of Pokemon Go.
Yeah that's true about PC gamers. That's why I think streaming is going to be so potent (assuming the latency and video quality issues are mostly resolved). The potential "PC" market for streaming is way bigger than the "PC gaming" market. I have a gaming PC, but most of my computer time is on an integrated-graphics ultrabook. Streaming will include my ultrabook as a gaming platform where traditional PC platforms don't (indie games aside, yada yada).
I guess my question is whether it's more profitable in the longterm for Sony to sell The Last of Us 2 to every ultrabook, chromecast, smartphone and console user, or leverage the Last of Us 2 to sell more PS4/5s.
It seems to me they are exploring that option with streaming, despite what the Nintendo fans might think on this forum.
Sooo good! Might be too late now and the GoW sequel will probably vilify Thor but I'd love it if Santa Monica got to do a proper big budget Thor game! The brilliant axe mechanic is what made GoW deserve all the awards for me.Onwards to 15 million.
Well deserved. This game was absolutely amazing. I wish I could replay it again for the first time.
Just wait Until Kratos kills Thor and then gets his Hammer
Knowing Kratos I guess Thor will end up getting his head smashed in with his own Hammer
you do realize, that with the Ps5 beeing backwards compatible, sales of TLOU will continue on Ps5?
Funny to think that some american journalists downplayed Sony exclusives in the ps3, 360 age.... But even then, they were good sellers worldwide, but because npd and those people only focused in the USA.
Congrats to SSM. They created one of the best games ever and also breathed new life and momentum into one of my favorite IPs.
Really can't wait to see what they have cooking for PS5.
Really can't wait to see what they have cooking for PS5.
Dude, you came into a sales celebration thread, downplayed the success and made a comparison with another game on another platform.
What did you think was going to happen? You'd be greeted with a fanfare and ticker tape parade?
Yeah 5
TLOU2 will be the sixth
There is also Death Stranding and Ghost of Tsushima still coming, both definitely have potential
I dont think DS will hit 10+ million. How much did Metal gear series sell?
As May 18th, 2018, the series were at 53.8 million units
There are no official sources for the individual entries but it seems the estimative for the best selling entry is at 7 million
If cloud gaming took over, Sony will simply try their best to make sure people stream games from playstation platform.
Streaming is just another distribution model, first it's disc, then digital download, and now streaming. But people still buy/rent/subscribe their games from somewhere, whether that's playstation now, xcloud, or stadia.
So 1st party exclusives will still be important to attract consumer to your platform, just like netflix and disney+ are developing exclusive shows to make people subs to their service.
The hardware console may not be as important anymore since people will be able to stream games without the hardware, but the platform will still exist.
They always had solid sales, though an issue the series had is that it carried a lot of baggage.
Death Stranding is a fresh start so it has a lot of potential to sell like other big Sony IPs.
Wouldn't be surprised if it sells more than the best selling MGS.
It is also most definitely going to be a Cross Gen release, which will help it a lot
I think Death Stranding will do around 5 million. Similar for Ghost.
I already see people downplaying GOW sales on twitter. Kinda hilarious trying to downplay an exclusive which has sold over 10 million in 1 year. Seriously, think about it ;D
"But attach rate.... should have sold 30 million with over 90+ million PS4 consoles sold". Yeah kid.... that's not how it works. It never did. Now we have "but it got bundled", "full price?" and "PS4 attach rate" as the three big BS reasons to downplay great software sales. The length people go.... lmao.
"But attach rate.... should have sold 30 million with over 90+ million PS4 consoles sold". Yeah kid.... that's not how it works. It never did. Now we have "but it got bundled", "full price?" and "PS4 attach rate" as the three big BS reasons to downplay great software sales. The length people go.... lmao.
I think they will do both to the best of their ability. They want to expand as much as possible, so the non-console platforms will be adding on to the base they already have with console.
I didn't downplay anything. I just said I expected it to have sold more as I remember people talking about a 10 million announcement late last year and I thought I'd missed it.
10 million is 10 million which is an incredible success.
In the future the platform will be more important. What's important is for people to keep buying games whether it's tlou2 or new call of duty from playstation store, whether it's streaming or not, doesn't matter for Sony as long as they got their 30% cut as platform holder.
I'm curious though if 3rd party publisher will all start their own streaming service like in movie industry and start pulling out games from console if streaming really takes off.
Mother of GOD! i cannot even imagine next-gen God of War! o_OOnwards to 15 million.
